Joel Oleson is keeping track of SharePints, parties, and events both official and unofficial. Joel’s party guidance in previous years has proven spot on so I hope he comes through with the good again this year!

My (obvious) tip is that the most significant announcements coming from Microsoft at the conference will be in relation to the 2014 product roadmap. Why wait for the conference? Take a look at this reference to see new updates and release expected soon or around conference time. Some details of what they include is already available. This may influence which sessions you decide to go to…

Why start from scratch and try to think of everything yourself? People have already started putting together checklists and info packs on how to get the most out of the conference (even old guides from SPC12 are still quite relevant). This is one of the better one to emerge.